Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 53,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
1,160
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Year of Release:
2002
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Rank Score:
1,158
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Year of Release:
2018
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Rank Score:
1,156
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Year of Release:
2016
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Rank Score:
1,155
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Year of Release:
2019
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Rank Score:
1,154
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Year of Release:
1995
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1,153
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Year of Release:
2013
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Rank Score:
1,152
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Year of Release:
1998
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1,152
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Year of Release:
1974
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Rank Score:
1,152
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Year of Release:
1963
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1,151
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 151 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 25 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 294 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 735 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,472 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,451 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,690 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,800 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,047 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 484 | 5% |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 24 | 0% | |
| Pink Floyd | 23 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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4,991 | 50% | |
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2,656 | 27% | |
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448 | 4% | |
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304 | 3% | |
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225 | 2% | |
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168 | 2% | |
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142 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 1998 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Neutral Milk Hotel | |
| 2. Massive Attack | |
| 3. Air | |
| 4. OutKast | |
| 5. Lauryn Hill | |
| 6. Boards Of Canada | |
| 7. Elliott Smith | |
| 8. Mercury Rev | |
| 9. Eels | |
| 10. Madonna | |
| 11. Lucinda Williams | |
| 12. Placebo | |
| 13. The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| 14. Refused | |
| 15. Belle And Sebastian | |
| 16. Pulp | |
| 17. Tortoise | |
| 18. Black Star | |
| 19. Pearl Jam | |
| 20. Queens Of The Stone Age |